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New Patient Registration

To register as a patient first check that you live in our practice area which includes Battle, Netherfield, Mountfield, Telham, Catsfield and Crowhurst.

It does not include Sedlescombe, Ninfield, Hastings, St Leonards-on-Sea, Dallington, Brightling or Robertsbridge.

To register with our practice you would need to bring proof of your ID and a current utility bill or similar as a proof of your address. You can register rest of your family at the same time. If you have your NHS cards that you received when you registered with your previous GP please bring them in, if you cannot find these, we can supply registration forms.

All new patients are offered a health check with a member of the healthcare team to ensure that any required tests are up to date and that we have an accurate note of any repeat medication you may be taking.

Your Usual Doctor

Following changes in GP services in England, patients are registered with a particular "named" GP in the practice. Patients can express a preference to see any GP but need to understand that if they want to see a GP urgently, they have to accept whoever is available, unless they choose to wait for a routine non-urgent appointment with their preferred GP.

Guide to GP Services

The Royal College of General Practitioners has produced a useful guide for patients about the services on offer at GP Surgeries and how to access them. You can download the guide below.

Online 'Pre-Registration' With The Practice

If you wish to pre-register click on the link below to open the form. When you have completed all of the details, click on the "Send" button to mail your form to us. When you visit the surgery for the first time you will be asked to sign the form to confirm that the details are correct and show your proof of ID and address.

When you register you will also be asked to fill out a medical questionnaire. This is because it can take a considerable time for us to receive your medical records. There is an online version of this file too, which you may fill out and send to us. When you come to the surgery you will be asked to sign this form to confirm that the details are correct.

Note that by sending the form you will be transmitting information about yourself across the Internet and although every effort is made to keep this information secure, no guarantee can be offered in this respect.

Alternatively you may print off a registration form, fill it out and bring it in with you on your first visit to the practice.

These fact sheets have been written to explain the role of UK health services and the National Health Service (NHS), to newly-arrived individuals seeking asylum. They cover issues such as the role of GPs, their function as gatekeepers to the health services, how to register and how to access emergency services.

Special care has been taken to ensure that information is given in clear language, and the content and style has been tested with user groups. Information leaflets are provided in the following languages (click to open):

Temporary Registration

If you are ill while away from home or if you are not registered with a doctor but need to see one you can receive emergency treatment from the local GP practice for 14 days. After 14 days you will need to register as a temporary or permanent patient.

You can be registered as a temporary patient for up to three months. This will allow you to be on the local practice list and still remain a patient of your permanent GP. After three months you will have to re-register as a temporary patient or permanently register with that practice.

To register as a temporary patient simply contact the local practice you wish to use. Practices do not have to accept you as a temporary patient although they do have an obligation to offer emergency treatment. You cannot register as a temporary patient at a practice in the town or area where you are already registered.